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Sarah Lee Brown Fleming

1876–1963

United States

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Sarah Lee Brown Fleming (January 10, 1876 – January 5, 1963) was an American educator, social and community activist, playwright, poet, novelist, and the first African-American teacher in the Brooklyn school system. Her most notable published work is the novel Hope's Highway (1918) and Clouds and Sunshine (1920).

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